Mind chatter/confusion

Holly J · Post by **Holly J** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:18 am

Does anyone get this? I get it mostly when i am trying to sleep or half asleep and cant fully fall asleep. Than I get crazy confusion. . And my mind chatter makes absolutely NO SENSE at all most of the time. And than i think WHAT IF I AM GOING CRAZYand of course I get the fear and the panic. Is this from exhaustion? I am confused. I don't get this all the time just sometimes when I am trying to fall asleep. Maybe because I am so anxious? Yet, what am I anxious about? I was anxious about the mind chatter. . so what came first? Seriously the mind chatter makes no sense at all and I'm like <span class="ev_code_RED">what???</span>Why did I just think that Or say that in my mind?? Am I going crazy? Does anyone know why I get this? I have been afraid of trying to fall asleep because of the weird chatter and confusion. . Is this because I am so tired? I don't know but it frightens me and I don't want to have to take more of my Ativan because of this. Does anyone else get this and why does anxiety cause this?. . Can anyone enlighten me pretty please? I feel a bit crazy. Thank you.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:19 am

Hello Holly,

Yes I have been going through this for many years. It used to bother me all of the time and then it began to interfere with my sleep. For me, it has been all of the negative thinking and expectations that overwhelm me. Since I've learned from Lucinda's program to stop this kind of thinking, it has helped a lot. And although the program has been a huge help, I still needed some guided imagery to help. Look at this guided imagery for sleep:

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I use the "Healthful Sleep" cd. There is calming music and the narrator speaks while you are going to sleep. Her speaking interrupts the busy thinking going on in your head and replaces it with positive thinking and you wake up the next morning feeling positive. And you don't have to stay awake to listen to it. I fall asleep while it is on and let it run until it ends. It's been extremely helpful for me.

You are not going crazy. It's just the automatic negative thinking that your mind has been "trained" to do. Just start the positive thinking and it will all turn around. And the imagery cd is very helpful.

Also, a regular going to bed routine that includes relaxing before bed with quiet sounds in the house and low light, and then regular going to bed and waking up times are huge in helping with the sleep issues.

Hope this is helpful,
Eileen

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:00 pm

Thank you so much Eileen! I think the worst thing ever is my fear of losing control. I need to feel in control to feel stable. And I don't feel stable. My mood changes from hour to hour )-:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:11 pm

I think I may buy that cd. Does it really help with anxiety and sleep?? I usually have the tv on all the time because i need distraction so I don't think. . And I can just leave it on even when i am asleep?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:15 pm

I'm not sure if this is what you are talking about but when I lay down to go to sleep it is almost like I am an observer to a conversation sometimes. Like I'm laying there trying to sleep and then I'll hear myself think something that is totally out of the blue...like about a clock or something really random. At times I'll even hear myself think a curse word out of the blue and I don't even say those!

I've had that happen to me all of my life. I also have always dreamed very vivid dreams. I told a counselor about it once and she said that the part of your brain that has something to do with anxiety is very active in people like us and she felt it was just normal "mind chatter".

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:35 pm

Yes Shaky Susie That is totally what it is. very random stuff. Like an observer yes. its very weird and it scared me. I was thinking once "oh i cant call Robin because she is in las vegas" What the heck?!! It's weird. Or I'll just be thinking of a word or an image may pop into my head. . I hate this. Thanks for replying susie

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:37 pm

I have this same problem - I have to take sleeping pills in order to get any sleep at all. When I do wake up, normally 4-5 hours later, even if I am relaxed, I have so much mind chatter that it is impossible for me to get any sleep. I have been told that it is a medical and not a psychological problem. Mine developed after lung surgery 2 years ago.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:57 pm

This is a medical problem? How so?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:30 pm

i get the same thing holly ur not crazy my theropist told me its a bunch of things ur jus on ur way in to a dream an u hear it or u think it it can b scary but wen i was lil i didnt know wut it was so i used to laugh at it so it never botherd me it wont hurt u or make u go crazy its just ur brain stressed out an it spazis a lil i kinda think of it as a way of the brain un winding but wheb u exsperiance this um sure u wind ur brain wright back up into a frenzy jus lay back an let it flow it will b fine ill b honest wit u me an u are very much alike i mean our symptoms lol so be goo an stay strong

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:35 pm

Thank you carlyboy. Yes Iv read your posts and our symptoms are very similar. Thanks for your post it made me feel better!